Posts by dolly85

You have a lovely EE.  One of my favorite kinds of chickens!  Murray Mcmurray has advertised this coming spring they will be selling TRUE blue Ameraucanas and possibly Wheatens. 

Quote: Originally Posted by lhawes  Yeah.. I saw that after I posted... although if anyone has it, I would love after pictures.. see what tehy look like after hatching. Marvin the Martian chick. ...

Only 7 left to go with at least two pipped!  12 babies out and doing well.  :)   

Such wonderful posts!  You guys have been very helpful.  :)  I decided to just go from pip to zip because 1) It had been 36 hours with minimal progress  2) It was midnight and I was tired (selfish I know)  3) I...

Both.  I have three kids and it was kind of an experiment for us to try to identify certain chicks from certain eggs.  We totally had fun doing it and it was a success!  Our little chick hatched without further...

Well its been 36 hours and no progress.  I took the little guy out and he really is packed into that small end and I don't think he has room to rotate.  His peeping isn't as strong so before I lost him I decided to give him a...

How I colored my chicks.  Its usually done 11 to 14 days of incubation.  Any later than this and you won't get a nice even coat of color.  I did mine on the 11th day of incubation.  Materials- Thumb...

Sweetlilbaby-  I have one pipping from the wrong end right now as well.  Its not doing as well as I would like and from what I've heard they often times need help.  They are sometimes okay if they pip really...

Thanks so much for the replies!  I've been "hands off" and he has made *some* progress though not as much as I would like.  These colored babies are special to the kids and I because they are from a favorite hen.   ...

Quote: Originally Posted by lhawes  I am deeply sorry if I offended you or angered you in any way... I seriously wanted to know the reason why you died them and what it would do to the chicks. I have never heard about...